What are you actually trying to do? Any CNAME record pointing to ghs.google.com will work in the sense that you'll have a cname record pointing to ghs, but what effect are you hoping that it will have for your Google Apps configuration?
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BenjApr 5 '12 at 9:52

you can point mail.acmepaper.com to ghs.google.com. Then when someone naviagtes to mail.acmepaper.com they get their google apps mail. Its the same for docs/calendar/blog/start/etc.acmepaper.com. Google recognises you are coming from an apps registered domain, what im wondering is will this work for SUBdomains linked to an apps account (eg. acmestaples.com)
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OrangeBoxApr 6 '12 at 8:18

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Custom URLs work only for user accounts in your primary domain. Users who sign in with a domain alias address or an address in any other domain associated with your Google Apps account must instead access services using the default URL. (See other limitations with multiple domains.)

great answer. like you said, not ideal but gets the job done. Thanks!
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OrangeBoxApr 6 '12 at 11:26

Should this be set up as a Temporary redirect, or as a Permanent redirect?
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Dennis WursterJan 2 '14 at 4:26

I don't know for sure, and haven't worked with Google apps for a while... but I think it shouldn't matter. If you do a permanent redirect, it will be cached in DNS and browsers, which will make it hard for you to later point that domain at another destination, so it depends on what you need.
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BenjJan 2 '14 at 15:42